Strong Motion Instrumentation for Civil Engineering Structures

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
State-of-the-art technology for data storage and dissemination....Pages 1-15
Structure Instrumentation in the California Strong Motion Instrumentation Program....Pages 17-31
Learning From Seismic Response of Instrumented Buildings During the 1994 Northridge Earthquake....Pages 33-52
New Developments in Health Monitoring for Civil Structures....Pages 53-59
Experimental Dynamic Analysis of Historic Monuments and Buildings....Pages 61-79
Utilization of Rapid Post-Earthquake Data by utilities....Pages 81-89
Analysis of Earthquake Records from Structures: An Overview....Pages 91-107
Structural Monitoring of Bridges — An Overview....Pages 109-130
Recording and interpreting earthquake response of fullscale structures....Pages 131-155
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Seismic Strong-Motion Instrumentation Program....Pages 157-166
Integrated Surface and Borehole Strong-Motion, Soil-Response Arrays in San Francisco, California....Pages 167-178
Current and New Trends in Utilization of Data from Instrumented Structures....Pages 179-194
Instrumentation of Dam Structures in Switzerland....Pages 195-208
Strong Motion Networks: A Tool For The Assessment of Earthquake Response of Historical Monuments....Pages 209-228
Wireless Monitoring and Low-Cost Accelerometers for Structures and Urban Sites....Pages 229-242
The Need for Data from Instrumented Structures for an Optimal Control Approach to the Seismic Interaction between Adjacent Buildings....Pages 243-252
Wireless Sensors for Structural Monitoring....Pages 253-266
Puerto Rico Strong Motion Network and Instrumented Buildings....Pages 267-273
Strong Motion Instrumentations of Dams in Macedonia Some Experience and Results....Pages 275-291
An Effective Earthquake Monitoring Process for Emergency Response....Pages 293-302
Estimation of dynamic characteristics of ground and structures with microtremor measurements- A supportive tool for strong ground motion instrumentation....Pages 303-311
Strong Motion Instrumentation of Buildings....Pages 313-330
Current Status of Strong-Motion Monitoring and Notification at the United States Bureau of Reclamation....Pages 331-341
Structural Vibration Monitoring System for the Bosporus Suspension Bridges....Pages 343-367
Soil-Structure-Interaction And Seismic Isolation, An Interdisciplinary Investigation At the multidisciplinary Seismic Test Site Incerc, Bucharest, Romania....Pages 369-381
GPS in Dynamic Monitoring of Long-Period Structures....Pages 383-396
Real Time Large Structure Monitoring Using The Inclination Sensor....Pages 397-405
Monitoring Deformation on Karasu Viaduct Using Gps & Precise Leveling Techniques....Pages 407-415
Seismic Monitoring of Nuclear Power Plants; An Approach to Optimal and More Accurate Seismic Data Processing and Interpretation Procedure....Pages 417-431
Analysis Of Data From Strong Motion Network in Fraser Delta, British Columbia, Canada....Pages 433-446
On identification of Damage in Structures Via Wave Travel Times....Pages 447-467
Earthquake Motion Observation In And Around 8-Story Src Building....Pages 469-479
Instrumentation, Measurements and Numerical Analysis of Bridges: An Example of the Cable-Stayed Bridge on Evripos Channel, Greece....Pages 481-493
Damage Detection in Semi-Rigid Joint, RC Frames Subjected to Strong Motion Excitation....Pages 495-504
Assessment of Seismic Hazard in Romania Based on 25 Years of Strong Ground Motion Instrumentation....Pages 505-518
Measurement of Lateral Earth Pressures on an Embedded Foundation During Earthquakes....Pages 519-532
Seismic Instrumentation of the I-40 Mississippi River Bridge in Memphis, Tennessee....Pages 533-544
Engineering and Seismometric Service in the Buildings of Tashkent and Tashkent Regions....Pages 545-550
Stress Wave Propagation Due to A Moving Force: Comparison of Fem and Bem Solutions....Pages 551-560
Strong Motion in Absorbing Nonlinear Medium and Problems of Their Registration....Pages 561-572
Seismic Response Study of Two-Storey Building in Eilat Using Weak and Strong Motion Data....Pages 573-591
Strong Motion Instrumentation for Structures of Civil Engineering and Economical Aspects of Planning of Territory of Big Cities....Pages 593-602
Back Matter....Pages 603-605